Plum

#f8a2cf

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for plum, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Plum sits in the pink band, light and vivid. Light pinks like this suit beauty, baby and lifestyle work. Deep greens and teals opposite it give contrast and warm neutrals keep it soft.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #f8a2cf, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#f8a2cf

RGB248, 162, 207

HSL329, 86%, 80%

HSV329, 35%, 97%

CMYK0%, 35%, 17%, 3%

Lab76.25, 38.06, -9.71

XYZ62.89, 50.3, 65.43

Decimal16294607

Web safe#ff99cc

Pantone230 C

Shades of plum

#f57fbd #f35bab #f03898 #ed1586 #cd0f73 #aa0d5f #860a4b #630737 #400524 #1c0210

Tints of plum

#f9aad3 #f9b1d7 #fab9db #fac1df #fbc8e3 #fbd0e7 #fcd7eb #fddfef #fde7f2 #feeef6

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#a2f8cb Analogous#f6a2f8 Analogous#f8a2a4 Triadic#cff8a2 Triadic#a2cff8 Split complementary#a4f8a2 Split complementary#a2f8f6

Plum in print

The saturation is high, which is where rgb and cmyk drift apart, so a printed proof is worth it. The cmyk build is 0, 35, 17, 3.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #f8a2cf on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 35 17 3

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 36 20 9

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Plum in css

Copy #f8a2cf straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #f8a2cf; }
.text { color: #f8a2cf; }
.border { border: 2px solid #f8a2cf; }

How plum looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Plum and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #f8a2cf against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #f8a2cf against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Plum on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #f8a2cf sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around plum? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn plum into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #f8a2cf and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from plum, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #f8a2cf come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.